James E. Walker Library

{{Infobox library

| library_name = James E. Walker Library

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| image = JEWL Aerial.png

| caption = The Library seen from an aerial view

| country = United States

| type = Academic

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| established = 1999

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| location = Murfreesboro, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|35.84658|-86.36397|dim:500_region:US_type:edu|display=it}}

| items_collected =

| collection_size = 1 million+

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| req_to_access = Public

| annual_circulation =

| pop_served = 30,000 on campus + surrounding community

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| director = Kathleen L. Schmand

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| website = {{URL|library.mtsu.edu}}

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}}

__NOTOC__

The James E. Walker Library is the campus library of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Opened in 1999 under university president James E. Walker, it replaced an older library in Todd Hall, now home to the Art Department. A four-story, {{convert|250000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} building, the MTSU library contains over 1 million volumes and more than 33,000 periodicals.{{cite web|url=http://library.mtsu.edu/about/stats.php |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130718210009/http://library.mtsu.edu/about/stats.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2013 |title=Library Statistics |work=MTSU.edu |accessdate=July 18, 2013 }}

Construction on the James E. Walker Library started on the 85th anniversary of the university's founding, September 11, 1996. The old Todd Library, which had been expanded to a capacity of 225,000, held almost three times that many when the new library opened.{{cite web|url=http://library.mtsu.edu/administration/history.php |title=History of the Library |work=MTSU.edu |accessdate=August 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708192815/http://library.mtsu.edu/administration/history.php |archivedate=July 8, 2010 }}